فرهنگستان

Persian

Etymology

20th-century learned borrowing from Middle Persian plʾhngstʾn' (frahangestān, “school”). By surface analysis, فرهنگ (farhang, “culture, knowledge, education”) +‎ ـستان (-estân, “place of”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [faɾ.han.ɡis.ˈtɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.häŋ.ɡɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.häŋ.ɡɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾäŋ.ɡɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾäŋ.ɡis.t̪ʰɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fæɹ.hæɲ.ɡʲes.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.häŋ.ɡis.t̪ʰɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	farhangistān
Dari reading?	farhangistān
Iranian reading?	farhangestân
Tajik reading?	farhangiston

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Noun

فرهنگستان • (farhangestân) (plural فرهنگستان‌ها (farhangestân-hâ))

1. academy

   Synonym: (dated) آکادمی (âkâdemi)

   فرهنگستان زبان و ادب فارسی

   farhangestân-e zabân o adab-e fârsi

   Academy of Persian Language and Literature

Related terms

• فرهنگ (farhang)
• ـستان (-estân)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “frahang”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 32
• http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/farhangestan
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “فرهنگستان”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press